... Hello! I haven't posted in quite awhile. I am so thankful for the help we got here when my husband was diagnosed in 2013. When diagnosed, he was a Gleason 9, PSA 11.7, 7 cancerous cores out of 12. Most cores had high volume. My husband chose to do ADT for 4 months, EBRT for 5 weeks and 4 sessions of HD brachytherapy. ... (0 replies)

... I just had my latest PSApost salvage radiation. PSA at start was 1.5. One month into radiation 1.0. End of radiation .47. 3 month postradiation .24. No w 5 months postradiation .20. Tren is good. I was hoping for more but I will not be greedy. ... (1 replies)

... As I understand it, most men experience the "bump" within the first 24 months after radiation. My oncologist tells me we have to wait to see what happens to the PSA in 3 and then 6 months to obtain some sense of what this might mean. ... (1 replies)

... purposes as you suggest is done but it is not very common. In case of surgery failure the typical salvage treatment is radiation and that is done widely based on a protocol that includes all possible spots where cancer is considered to hide. This will include bladder neck as well. ... (8 replies)

... I'll insert some comments in green, responding to excerpts from your initial post on this thead. Please keep in mind that I, like most fellow participants on the Board, have had no enrolled medical education. ... (3 replies)

... I just had my first PSA 1 month postradiation. PSA droped from 1.5 to .47. My questions are since I have droped should I start HT or wait for further PSA tests and is this a significant drop for 1 month postradiation. ... (0 replies)

... Hi David,
Congratulations on that awesome six months result of <0.04 after RT! :cool: :jester: :D :angel: That should make you feel great about paying your dues up front!
I have a couple of thoughts about the case of the man you met. (2 replies)

... I am in a similar situation, I had robotic radical in August 07. My first post op PSA was 1.4 whereupon we did various diagnositics including prostascint and it was proclaimed local so we proceded with IMRT. ... (5 replies)

... I had davinci surgery in April after a biopsy and with a psa of 4.62. About 6 weeks after surgery my first psa was .62. All my doctors suggested I start Hormone therapy and then when I became continent start IMRT treatments. ... (5 replies)

... et a more detailed report of the outcome. With surgery they disect the removed prostate and give you a "final" score of the cancer and its aggressiveness. With radiation you get to live with uncertainty that it worked. Most postradiation patients have to deal with PSA bounce. This is a fluctuating PSA score. ... (12 replies)